Safety oil can



Nov. 28, 1933. J. E. scHLoRFF SAFETY OIL CAN Filed Oo'b. 29, 1951 /5 l .LLI-I v Patented Nov. 28, 1933 UNITED STATES PTENT-'OFCE SAFETY oiL cAN t. v Joseph'E.Schlori, Pesotuni, Ill. Application October 29, 1931. y Serial No. 571,876

5 claims. (C1. 22o-75) This invention has for one of itsl objects to eliminate all danger of persons catching iire as the result of carelessly using cans containing explosive oils about or near fires. Accidents of this nature, which take an astonishing rtoll, of life annually, occur most frequently as the result of pouring oil on res from cans having the upright seams of their bodies located at their rear sides. The location of the upright body seams atrthe rear sides of 'the cans,

feature of all oil cans now on the market, causes the bodies, when the contents of the cans explode,

to open at their rear or'those sides facingA the users, with theresult that the burning rcontents are 'sprayed over and set the users on lire."

'Iov overcome the stated objection to the presenttype of oil cans, and thus eliminate all danger of persons catching re as a result of the explosion yof the cans, my invention comprehends fthe provision of an oil can which will have the uprightseamfof its body located at its front or that side thereof facing 'away from the user, to the end that on. the explosion of the can the flaming contents thereof will be directed away zontal planes indicated by the line 2 2 of Fig-r.

from and not inthe direction ofthe user.

My invention has for a Ifurther object Ato provide a can of the character vstated wherein the body will be connected to thef.bottom-and head in such manner that and at'opposite sides of the front upright seam will become detached from the bottom and head when the contents of the can explodes, to the end that the bottom and head will not "be displaced and thus further insure the spraying of the burn- Aing contents away from and not in the direction of the user. Y y

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the nature of which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in the con- ,struction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, and i1- lustrated in the accompanying drawing, where- 1n:-

Figure 1 is a View partly in side elevation and fpartly in vertical section of an oil can constructed in accordance with my invention;

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on the horiure 1;

Figure 3 is a detail sectional view taken on the horizontal plane indicated by the linev 3 3 of Figure 1, and

Figure 4 is la top plan View portion of the bottom of the can. y

The oil can comprises a body 1, bottom 2 and which is a characteristic.

- vseam member Qawhich is portions of the bodyV near of a fragmentary head 3. The head-3 is provided with-atller nipple 4 which isclosed by a cap 5 screw threadedly'- engaged therewith. A handle 6 is pivotally secured, as at 7, 'to the Abody 1`. A spout8 is carried by the head 3 forwardly ofthe filler nipple-4 l60 and extends in an upward and forward direction from the head. I The body 1 is made `:from a'single blank of sheet metal, andthe upright edges thereof Yare con-L nected by a seam 9 which extends throughout the 65 entire height of thebody and which consists ofv a U-shaped member 9dy and a tongue v 9b.f The formed integrally withr one upright edge ofthe body 1 lies in contact with the outer surface 'of open side arrangedrin facing relation to the other upright edge 'of the body. The seam tongue 9b which is formed integrally with-fthe vother free edge of the b ody 1,'is offset outwardly from the body, yand* extends into the seamv member 9a'75 Athrough the openV side thereof. The seam members 9a -and`9b are secured in assembledrelation by soft solder 10. The 'seam-members Quand 9b lare so related to the upright edges of the'body V-1 and to eachother that they 'may be separated by- 80 Y* Connection-ofthe `buey with thebmmmfaenas;.

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The bottom 2.and the head 3 arealso made from sheet metal, the former being provided atV its periphery with an upstanding annular flange 11,

and the latter being provided at its periphery 9055, with a depending annular Bange 12. The bottom iiange 11 consists of semi-circular rear and front portions 11a and 11b, respectively, and the top ange 12 consists of semi-circularrearand front portions 12a and 1211,'1`1espectively;l The front iange portion 11b occupies an inwardly spaced concentric position with relation to the rear iiange portion 11a, and the front iiange portion 12b occupies a similar position with relation to the rear flange portion 12a. f 1 The lower edge portion of the rear half of the body 1 is located inwardly of and contacts with the rear flange portion 11a, and the lower edge portion of the front half of the body is located outwardlyV of and contacts with the front iiange portion 11b. The upper edge portion of the rear half of the body 1 is locatedinwardly of and contacts with the rearflange portion 12a, `and the upper edge portion o f the front halfof the body is located outwardly of the body, and has its 70,5 .Y

and contacts with the 119;.

to the flange portions llaI and 12a by hard solder y 13, and the body is secured to the flange portions yvention, together with the structure which l'now 11b and 12b by soft solder 1 4. v

As the lower and upper edgesof the front half of the body 1 are located outwardly of the front flange sections 11b and 12b and are secured to these sections by soft solder, the generation withinthe body of a Vforce sufficient toy overcome the connection between the seam members 9a and 9b and the connection between the bodyrand the flange portions 11b and 12b will niove the body7 away from the bottom 2 and head 3.

while being poured on a fire for the purpose' of quickening the same, the resulting pressure gen'l erated within the can will, when'great enough to burst the same, open the front side of the body 1 to -cause the flaming contents to be sprayed away from and not in the direction of the user, thus eliminating all possibility of the user catching fire..A The detached front portions of the body 1 will spread laterally, in Figure 2, and provide guards adapted to direct the flame away from the user. The bottom 2 and head 3 which will not become detached from the body 1 due to the fact that thefbody is connected to the inner sides of their rear llange portion by hard solder, will also constitute guards Atending to direct ,the flame away from the user.

Frornrthe foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, it should berapparent that the can embodiesV a construe-cv..

tion which will positively eliminate all danger of persons catching re as the result of careless- 'lycusing the can about or near fires, and that `the can isvsimple and durable and capable of being manufactured and soldat a comparatively low cost. Y

While 1 have describedthe principle of the inconsider the preferred embodimentthereoffit is toi'beV understood that 'the structure shown'is merely illustrative and that such changes may 5 bemade, when desired, as fallv within the scopek ofl the invention as claimed.

What is claimed is:-

-1. An oil can Yincludir'ig a bottom having an up?,`

` wardly directed annular-flange, ahead having a ;y udownwardly directed annular flange, and a body Vhaving a single uprightv seam located at the;

It will thusf be seen that, should the contents of the can/ignite half of as suggested by dotted lines Y secured tothe other end of yunder abnormal pressure within c, end, end members iront side of the secured to the inner side of said flanges by hard solder and having its front half secured to the outer sides of said flanges by soft solder.

2. An oil can including a bottom having an upwardly directed annular flange, a head having a downwardly directed annular ilange, provided solely at its front side lwith seam members connected byisoft solder, the body having its rear 'half connected .to the* inner sides of said flanges by hard solder and having its front half connected to the outer sides of said flanges by soft solder.

3. An oil can including a bottom having an upwardly directed flange, ahead vhaving a downwardly directed flange, each of said flanges consisting of semi-circular rear and front portions with the Vfront portions arranged inv inwardly spaced concentric relation to the rear portions',

seam members connected by soit solder,-the rear secured by hard solder to said rear ilange sections,

can and having its rear hall -Y anda body the body being located inwardly of and and the iront half oi thebody being located out-,

- Wardly of and secured by soft solder tosaidfront:

flange sections.

4l. An oilcanicoinprisinga cylindrical b'ody,'.` e

a bottom secured to one end of the body, a top v the body, a spout carried by the top,v a relativelyy weakm'eansfor se-` curing a portion of the'top to the body whereby to permit separation of said portion from the body the body, andi a relatively strong securing means for securingv theremaining portion of the'top to they body,1said second securing meansl holding the remaining top portion against separation under abnormal presv sure. Y

5.An -oil can comprising a body open at eachi for said body, a` relatively strong means for securing' a portion of certain.

of said end members to the body against separa'- tion' under abnormall pressure ofthe contents of the body, and a relatively weak'securing means for securing the remaining portion ofrsaid certain Vendmembers tov the' body Ain aumanner to c permit separation of said the body. c

JOSEPH E. SCHLORFF.

v certain end'rnembers| from the body under abnormal ypressurel within( l, imA 

